Balatonboglár

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Soil: deep-layered, loess-sandy, low-limestone, high water-retention – Pannonian marine clayey-sandy sediment.
• Topography: south-south-westerly hill ranges, 105–300 m a.s.l., a ~50 km-long production area along the southern shore of Lake Balaton.
• Climate: the balatoni mikroklíma moderates continental extremes; the risk of early frosts is low, and spring bud-break is late.
• Precipitation and sunshine: 623 mm annually (351 mm during the growing season), 2,000 sunshine hours per year, mean temperature 10.6 °C.
• Wind regime: a prevailing N–NW wind blowing off the surface of Lake Balaton cools and ventilates the vineyards of the southern shore.

• Szürkebarát and Olaszrizling became established after phylloxera; in recent decades the share of aromatic varieties and red-wine varieties has increased.

• White, rosé, and red wines alike are characterised by pronounced fruitiness and an elegant acid structure.
• In quality Pezsgő, extended ageing imparts biscuity, autolytic, and buttery flavour notes while freshness is retained.

• Loess-sandy, low-limestone soil combined with the tempering influence of Lake Balaton yields elegant acid structure and fruity aromas in the wine.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — agrarminiszterium
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-HU-A1378
• Official trade body site — Balatonboglári Borvidék Hegyközségi Tanácsa